A Clinical Trial That Will Study the Efficacy and Safety of an Investigational Drug in Acutely Psychotic People With Schizophrenia

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-10-26
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A clinical trial to study the efficacy and safety of an investigational drug in acutely psychotic people with schizophrenia. Participants in the study will either receive the drug being studied or a placebo. This study is accepting male and female participants between 18 -65 years old who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. This study will be conducted in 40 locations world wide. The study will last up to nine (9) weeks.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sunovion

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female subject between 18 to 65 years of age (inclusive) at the time of consent.

2. Subject must give written informed consent and privacy authorization prior to participation in the study; adolescents must also provide informed assent.

3. Subject meets DSM-5 criteria for schizophrenia as established by clinical interview at screeing.

4. Subject must have a CGI-S score ≥ 4

5. Subject must have a PANSS total score ≥ 80 and a PANSS item score ≥ 4 on 2 or more of the following PANSS items: delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinations, and unusual thought content

6. Subject has an acute exacerbation of psychotic symptoms (persisting no longer than 2 months prior to providing informed consent).

7. Subject has marked deterioration of functioning in one or more areas.

8. Subject is, in the opinion of the Investigator, generally healthy based on screening medical history, PE, neurological examination, vital signs, ECG and clinical laboratory values.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject has a DSM-5 diagnosis or presence of symptoms consistent with a DSM-5 diagnosis other than schizophrenia. Exclusionary disorders include but are not limited to alcohol use disorder (within past 12 months), substance (other than nicotine or caffeine) use disorder within past 12 months, or lifetime history of significant substance abuse that, in the opinion of the Investigator or Sponsor, may have had a significant and potentially permanent impact on the brain or other body systems, major depressive disorder, bipolar I or II disorder, schizoaffective disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Symptoms of mild to moderate mood dysphoria or anxiety are allowed so long as these symptoms are not the primary focus of treatment.

2. Subject is at significant risk of harming self, others, or objects based on Investigator's judgment.

3. Subject has any clinically significant unstable medical condition or any clinically significant chronic disease that in the opinion of the Investigator, would limit the subject's ability to complete and/or participate in the study

4. Female subject who is pregnant or lactating

5. Subject has any clinically significant abnormal laboratory value(s) at Screening as determined by investigator.